WebDuring and immediately after the war, US officials, Southern Unionists, and pro-Union writers often referred to Confederates as "Rebels."The earliest histories published in the northern states commonly refer to the war as "the Great Rebellion" or "the War of the Rebellion," as do many war monuments, hence the nicknames Johnny Reb (and Billy …

WebWar Plan Red; War Plan Red was a U.S. strategic plan in the event of war with the British Empire. "Blue" indicated the United States while "Red" indicated the British Empire, whose territories were given their own different shades of red: Britain (Red), Newfoundland (Red), Canada (Crimson), India (Ruby), Australia (Scarlet), New Zealand (Garnet), and other …

WebThe Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with 27,000 square miles (70,000 km 2) inundated in depths of up to 30 feet (9 m) over the course of several months in early 1927.The uninflated cost of the damage has been estimated to be between 246 million and 1 billion dollars. About 500 …

WebA declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation and another.. In the United Kingdom, the government and command of the armed forces is vested in the sovereign.Under the sovereign, direct control of the armed forces is divided between the government and the Defence Council. …

WebList. Queen Anne had ruled the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702. She became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland on 1 May 1707.Her total reign lasted 12 years and 147 days. During the reign of Queen Anne, Parliament settled the rules of …

WebWorld War Z: An Oral History of ... many ill-prepared North American civilians flee into the wilderness of northern Canada, where an estimated eleven million people die of disease, hypothermia, starvation, and cannibalism. ... Russia, its armories badly depleted, is forced to heavily employ the use of outdated Great Patriotic War-era equipment while waging a …

WebThe Toyota War (Arabic: حرب تويوتا, romanized: Ḥarb Tūyūtā, French: Guerre des Toyota) or Great Toyota War was the last phase of the Chadian–Libyan conflict, which took place in 1987 in Northern Chad and on the Libyan–Chadian border. It takes its name from the Toyota pickup trucks used, primarily the Toyota Hilux and the Toyota Land Cruiser, to …

WebHistory Early history. Before 19th century westward expansion, the "Northern United States" corresponded to the present day New England region. By the 1830s it corresponded to the present day Northeast and Great Lakes region.. Before 1865, the North was distinguished from the South on the issue of slavery.In Southern states, slavery was …

WebGwanggaeto the Great (374–413, r. 391–413) was the nineteenth monarch of Goguryeo. ... Despite the ongoing war, during 393, Gwanggaeto established 9 Buddhist temples in Pyongyang. Asin invaded Goguryeo once more in 394, but was defeated again. After ... Northern conquests. In 395, while his campaign against Baekje was ongoing to the …

WebCasimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars.He was the third son of Ladislaus the Short and Jadwiga of Kalisz, and the last Polish king from the Piast …